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Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse

Author: Shane Burcaw

Series: Shane Burcaw, Book 2

Release date: April 2019

Published by: Roaring Brook Press 

With his signature acerbic wit and hilarious voice, twenty-something author, blogger, and entrepreneur Shane Burcaw is back with an essay collection about living a full life in a body that many people perceive as a tragedy. From anecdotes about first introductions where people patted him on the head instead of shaking his hand, to stories of passersby mistaking his able-bodied girlfriend for a nurse, Shane tackles awkward situations and assumptions with humor and grace.

On the surface, these essays are about day-to-day life as a wheelchair user with a degenerative disease, but they are actually about family, love, and coming of age

We read book 1 for MHS Book Club last year. Everyone really like it and decided that they wanted to read book 2 this year. I love that the cover image is making fun of the rude assumptions that people make about them almost like they are sticking their middle finger up at the world. Rebels! I'm also very interested to read more about Shane's life with a girlfriend. Are they intimate? If so, how is that possible? How did they meet? Do they live together? Who does take care of him? I have SO many questions that I'm hoping the book answers. 

If you haven't read book 1, Laughing at My Nightmare, you MUST read that one as soon as possible. #mustread 

Have you read either of these books? If so, what did you think of them? 

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Patriot Games 

Author: Tom Clancy

Series: Jack Ryan, Book 1

Published by: Berkley (Putnam)

Original Publication Date: 1987

As an American in London on vacation with his family, Jack Ryan never imagined his quick thinking would prevent an assassination attempt on Britain’s royal family and earn him the gratitude of an entire nation—and the scorn of an ultra-left-wing faction of the IRA. Irish terrorist Sean Miller and his followers in the Ulster Liberation Army intend to make sure Ryan pays for his interference in blood. But he’s not the only one they’re after...

With the lives of his pregnant wife and young daughter in mortal danger, Ryan accepts a role as a CIA analyst in order to find Miller and shut down the ULA. Going head to head with a ruthless terrorist is a fool’s errand, but Jack Ryan is the kind of man who will do whatever it takes to protect his family. (Summary from Goodreads.com) 

I picked up this one and started reading it because I have LOVED the Jack Ryan series on Amazon the last two years. These new covers they did to tie into the new series on Amazon are great too. I decided to give the 1st book in this series a try to see if I like it as much as I have liked the show. So far so good! The main character is a bit different but so far there's adventure right away which I love. I'll let you know what I think of the whole thing when I'm done. It's a long one so don't hold your breath! 

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The Forbidden Library

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